Scraper.



L. J. FLEMAL.

SCRAPER.

APPLICATION FI'LED NOV. 13. 1915.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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' proved scraper whereby certain important- Specification of LettersPatent. Patented Mar. 1%, 1916.

Application filed November 13, 1.915. Serial No. 61,862.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS J. FLn nAL, a citizen of the United States,resiging at Loraine, in the county of Polk and tate of Wisconsin, haveinvented'certainmew and useful Improvements in Scrapers, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in scrapers and hasrelation more particularly to a device especially "designed for use inconnection with shelving or the like; and it is an object of theinvention to provide a scraper of novel and improved construction andcomprising a plurality of blades which maybe readily and convenientlymaintained in operative relation and which may be independently removedand replaced as the necessities of practice may require. f

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my 1madvantages areattained and the device is rendered simpler less expensive and otherwisemore convenient and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinaftermore fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in theappended claim.

In order that my inventionmay be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the aecompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional viewtaken through a scraper constructed in accordance with an embodiment ofmy invention, a portion of the handle member being in elevation; Fig. 2is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 3 is a sectional view takensubstantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of thearrow; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view in pers ective illustrating indetail the interloc blade and an assembling bar; and Fig. 5 is afragmentary view in perspective illusac trating one of the locking boltscoacting with the handle member, portions of the scraping blade andassembling bar being indicated in fragment by dotted lines.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawte ings, 1-1 denote a plurality ofassembling bars and 22 a predetermined number of between a scrapingblades, said bars 1 and blades. 2 being perpendicularly related when inoperative relation and, as particularly illustrated in Fig. 1-, it is tobe observed that each of the blades 2 has provided in its upper marginsa transversely disposed open slot 3 and the lower margin of each of theassembling bars 1 is provided with a transversely disposed open slot 4whereby said blade and bar may be readily and effectively interlocked.It will also be readily observed that by this manner of assembling thebars and blades, a single blade may be readily removed or replacedindependently of the other especially when it is desired to sharpen thecutting edge of the scraping blade. It is also to be noted that theblades 2 are of such width as to extend below the assembling bar 1 whenin applied position.

5 denotes a plate having de ending from its longitudinal margins theanges 6 hav 'ing produced therein the open slots 7 so that said flangesmay interlock with the intermediate assembling bars 1. The opposite endsof the plate 5 has extending upwardly. therefrom the arms 8 betweenwhich is arranged the hand grasp 9, said hand grasp 9 being secured inany preferred manner to the upper or free extremities of the arms 8.

The plate 5 is provided with the longitddt.

nally disposed slots 10 through which the threaded shank 11 is adaptedto extend, the lower end of each of said shanks 11 being provided withan angular extension 12 ter- 'iminating in the head 14. The angular por-:-.tion 12 is adapted to be engaged within a widened slot 4* in anadjacent assembling bar 5 and the upper end of the shank 3 is engaged bythe clamping nut 15 whereby it will be perceived that the plate 5 may bereadily and effectively clamped in applied position. I find it inpractice best to 1mpose upon the plate 5 the supplemental plate 16provided with the openings 17 through which the threaded shanks 11extend and with which the clamping nuts 5 contact.

As is particularly illustrated in Fig. 5, it v is to be noted that oneside of a head M is flattened, as at 18, to permit the shank 11 to bepositioned immediately adjacent and in contact with the coactingassembling bar 1.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that ascraper constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremelysimple and comparatively parts herein shown in carrying out my inventionin practice.

I claim: I A scraper comprising a plurality of as 1 sembling bars, aplurality of scraping blades arranged transversely of and interlockedwith the assembling bars, a plate provided with depending flangesadapted to interlock with certain of the assembling bars, a hand graspoperatively connected to the plate, and clamping members coacting Withthe plate and certain of the assembling bars for maintaining the platein applied position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses.

LOUIS J. FLEMAL.

Witnesses:

E. L. MILLER, A. H. MILLER.

